Scoop for baling narrow shafts.



I A, G. MEYER. SCOOP FOR BALING NARROW SHAPTS.

- APPLICATION FILED NOVf14, 1910. 988,077.

Patented Jan.31,1'911.

GOTTIERIED MEYER, OF

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

SCOOP FOR BALING NARROW SHAFTEL App lieation filed November To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, Grorrrnmi) MEYER, a citizen of the Republic ofSwitzerland, residing at Zurich, in the Canton of Zurich, Republic ofSwitzerland, (whose post-otlicc address is Griingasse l1, Zurich,) haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Scoops, Principally forBaling Narrow Shafts; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of the present invention is a scoop which principally servesfor baling narrow shafts.

The accompanying drawing shows as examples three forms of the object ofthe invention.

Figure 1 is a side-elevation and Fig. 2 a partial front-elevation of thefirst form, the baling-element being represented in different positions.Fig. 3 is a side-elevation of the second form, and Fig. et a partialsideview of the third form.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, Z) is a U-shaped piece of metal. fastened tothe lower end of the stick a. The legs of said piece are curved so thattheir lower ends project. Each of them is provided with a curved slot 0in which is a sliding pivot cl of a baling-element scoop e. The latterpossesses an arm 7" extending backward. To this arm is linked a bar gguided in eyes it fixed to the stick a.

WVhen proceeding to the baling of a shaft, the device is let down in theshaft while the baling-element or scoop occupies the position shown infull lines and then the bar 9 is pressed down by hand whereby thebalingelement being pushed forward in a gentle curve, turns on the pivot(Z, and passes to the horizontal position shown in dotted lines,grasping by this movement the material which gets entirely into thebalingelement. The scoop having then been lifted out of the shaft andemptied, the baling may be repeater.

In order to enable the baling-element to be held fast in one of the twopositions shown in full and in dotted lines, the bar 9 is provided atthe upper part with two pins m and a and may rotate in a fork Z by meansof which it is connected to the arm 7'. A slot 0 Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 15ml.

14, 1910. Serial no. 592,319.

in the uppermost guide it allows the pins to pass when the bar is raisedor let down. In order to fix the baling-clement in any of the twopositions, one need only raise the bar 9 to the respective height andturn it afterward, so as to bring the pin m or a in a transversalposition. with regard to the slot 0. A handle is mounted on the bar 9enables the latter to be turned even when the scoop is lifted out of theshaft and the handle 9 may not be within reach. The nave p of the handle9 striking against the up permost guide it limits the downward movementof the bar 9.

With the form shown in Fig. 3 the bar 9 is acted upon by means oflevers, but another mechanical contrivance could be employed.

The U-shaped piece could be made of a round-bar and the baling-elementguided along the legs of the said piece by means of eyes fastened on thebaling-element.

Fig. 4 shows a form of the device having the bar 9 adapted in front ofthe stick a, the latter being lengthened at its lower end. By thisarrangement the bar 9 is stiffened and prevented from bending backward.In this case the stick is connected to the U shaped piece Z) by means ofa small plate in which the bar 9 moves freely. The stick may rest withits lower end on the bottom of the shaft.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a stick, a scoop car ried at the bottom thereofand bodily movable relative thereto, and means for forcing downwardlythe inner end and upwardly the outer end of said scoop and returningsaid scoop to its normal position, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a stick, having a guiding member a 1. its lowerend, means securing a bodily movable scoop to said guiding member, andmeans for imparting a progressive and swinging movement to said scoop,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a stick provided at its lower end with aforwardly and down wardly curved guiding member, a scoop slidinglyconnected to said guiding member, and means for imparting.motion to saidscoop, substantially as described.

l. The combination of a stick. provided at its lower end with a pair offorwardly and downwardly curved arms, a scoop slidingly connected at itsrear sides with said curved arms, and means for bodily moving saidscoop.

' 5. The combination of a stick provided at its lower end with a guidingmember having downwardly and forwardly curved slots, pins carried bysaid scoop and engaging within said slots, and means for impartingmotion to said scoop, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a stick, a bodily movable scoop carried at thelower end thereof and capable of progressive and swinging movement, andmeans for operating said scoop comprising a bar slidably mounted on saidstick and pivotally connected at its lower end to said scoop,substantially as described.

7. The combination of a stick, a bodily movable scoop carried at thelower end thereof and capable of progressive and swinging movement,means for operating said scoop comprising a bar slidably and rotatablymounted on said stick and swiveled at its lower end to said scoop, andmeans for locking said bar in difi'erent positions, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMANN HUBER, ARTHUR J. BUNDY.

